Spicy Sausage Breakfast Quiche |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Ingredients:
Directions:
1. Ingredients:
2. (8- or 9-inch) pie shell, baked (recipe below)
3. /2 pound bulk sausage, cooked crumbled and drained
4. /4 cup Pepper Jack cheese, grated
5. /4 cup Colby Jack cheese, grated
6. tablespoons unsalted butter
7. /2 cup yellow onion, chopped
8. /4 cup cubanelle pepper, chopped (may substitute bell pepper or poblano pepper)
9. large eggs, beaten
10. /4 cup heavy cream
11. /2 cup milk
12. /4 teaspoon salt
13. /8 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
14. Directions:
15. Preheat oven to 350°F. Put cooked sausage in bottom of prepared pie shell. Cover sausage with the Pepper Jack and Colby Jack cheeses. Set aside.
16. Melt butter in medium sauté pan. Add onions and peppers and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes until onions soften. Remove from heat.
17. In a medium bowl, combine eggs, cream, milk, salt and pepper. Mix well. Add mixture to the pan of onions and peppers. Stir to combine. Pour egg/onion mixture over cheese/sausage mixture in pie pan. Bake quiche for 20 to 25 minutes or until center of pie is just set. Remove from oven, cool for 15 minutes and serve or cool completely and serve at room temperature.
18. All Butter Pie Crust
19. Makes enough for a double crust pi3
20. Ingredients:
21. cups all-purpose flour
22. tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 10 pieces
23. /4 teaspoon salt
24. tablespoons milk
25. -4 tablespoons ice water
26. Directions:
27. In work bowl of food processor, place flour, butter and salt. Pulse until flour and butter are incorporated and the dough resembles coarse meal. Add milk and 2 tablespoons of ice water. Pulse. Add more ice water as needed until a dough forms. Remove pie dough from processor and divide and form two rounds. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
28. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400°F. Remove one round of dough from refrigerator and roll out. Lay into a greased pie dish and prick with the tines of a fork to prevent crust puffing up while baking. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until crust is a light golden brown. Let cool before adding quiche ingredients.
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